The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-12

New York and the things they call bonnets
in Boston
Along with the pike era in warfare have
been gathered the other cheerful implements
Of death that accompanied them. There
are many Of those antique crossbows which
must have been terrible weapons in the
hands of medieval archers. The bow is a
band Of steel, and IL is 80 powerful that each
is fitted with crank and ratchet to draw it.
The bolt is a o inch rod Of oak shod heavily
at one end with pointed iron, and must have
Travelled with the rapidity and penetrating
power Of n bullet. There are cheerful little
slungshots, called morning glories," which
were better called ''evening splendors" or
'star producerB.o They consist of a short
shaft Of iron, "A short chain, and ball of
iron at the end of it, from which sharp
spikes, like pointed nails, stick out in all
directions They are az much worse than a
modern slung shot as death from a bludgeon
is less pleasant than the mortuary memory
OF a surgeons lance. There are battle axes
Of all varieties, some very crude, but all
very keen.
There are equine headpieces Of metal
which suggest masks at an Arion ball, for
horses, i'm Scotch, English, French and Ger
man styles, all accompanying the full sets
Of lnightly armor which they once preceded
IN ioust and tourney. There are shields on
which the Moslem lances often rang There
as worsted, whose metallic GOODNESS must be
tempting in hot weather, and whose deli
cacy Of execution is so wonderful that even
considering the primitive era Of their manu-
facture, il would be difficult, II indeed IL
were possible, 10 duplicate them to-day. In
fact, all the panoply of the knights of the
DAYS, of chivalry, all the varied details Of
the lover and fighter and the idyl of Ivan
hoe. are represented in the weapons that
everywhere cover the walls, and the visitor
is obliged, as he thinks of the stories they
could tell, 70 borrow "A silver bit from Pizar-
ros conquest Of Peru TO keep his vaulting
fancy IN proper curb.
Thr COLLECTION of guns IS equally remark
able The Parker No. 10 and the Winches-
ter 40-60 are hidden away upstairs, their
commonplace newness uniting them for
appearance in "the armory,n for so the gun
room is called. Here, in glass cases, are 10
be found about all the machines by which
gun powder has been made TO propel lead
since Berthold Schwartz found out how
much harm could be worked with saltpetre,
sulphur, and charcoal in proper proportions
There is theelegantly chased, richly adorned
sporting rifles usedby Louis XIV. inlaid
with gold wherever an excuse or place could
be found for its use There is the long silver
rifle OF the rich Afghan, the bell-mouthod
blunderbuss OF Ounslow Faith and Claude
Duval, and oil those queer, short-handled
and richly carved guns and pistols which
distinguished the Turks and soldiers, braves,
or nssassns of the Devant. All of them are
expensive weapons, the richest Of their
class Many Of them are richly inlaid and
laybhly carved Tunis, Tiipoli, AlgieIs,
Fez, and all the manufactures of the North
Of Africa exhibit their destructive differ
enccs. Some IRE flint and steel and some
are match-locu, all preceding the era of the
percussion cap. a
The Observation-Disclosures is in several STYLES